"Both students and academics regularly bemoan “death by PowerPoint”, as a glance at Times Higher Education’s archives will show. But PowerPoint is a presentational tool. Nothing more, nothing less. If students are finding it difficult to engage with the material that we’re discussing and explaining, then it’s rather a cop-out to blame that on the technology."

Baiba Svenca's insight:

A great article discussing the true reasons why PowerPoint has fallen from grace with loads of people.

I have never praised Powerpoint, and i dont think I will in the future. But this guy has a very good point in that bad lectures were bad also before powerpint, and only bad craftsmen that blaime the tools.

Grouping allows you to make two or more PowerPoint objects into a single ‘grouped’ object that you can more easily move around and manage on your slide.

Baiba Svenca's insight:

Those who have tried using lots of objects (images, clipart, graphics) in their PowerPoint presentations and discovered they all seemed scattered around, may not have known the "art" of grouping the objects so that they can't move.

Sway Preview began by ensuring that anybody could create and share polished, interactive reports, presentations, personal stories and more by using Sway’s rich web experience in any modern browser. Today we’re excited to share more news and a roadmap for Sway native apps on more platforms and devices.

Baiba Svenca's insight:

Microsoft's Sway app now works on iPads (and iPhones) and a version for Windows 10 is to follow.

Could Sway become the default tool for quick-and-dirty story based learning? It's coming to iOS and Windows 10 as native apps, extending its authoring reach beyond the browser. This is a tool that we should all get to know.

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